Whitelaw Reid: “He may be as innocent as the dove; but, at any rate, under all his…”

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He may be as innocent as the dove; but, at any rate, under all his hearty, warm manner there is a good deal of the wisdom of the serpent.

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Whitelaw Reid reflects on the duality of human nature, suggesting that even the most innocent can possess cunning wisdom.

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These Southern Rebels have their fate in their own keeping, and they are nursing their wrath to keep it warm.

Fully believing the debts of their Rebel Government legal and just, they were prepared to repudiate them at a hint from Washington.

Brushing aside, then, these bugbears, gentlemen, what are the obvious duties of the hour?

I never saw hands more cheerful or contented than some managed on this last plan were.

Whitelaw Reid: “He may be as innocent as the dove; but, at any rate, under all his hearty, warm manner there is a good deal of the…”